Alan Preston
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alan Herbert Preston | ||
Date of birth | 29 October 1932 | ||
Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||
Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
Place of death | Wellington, New Zealand | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Victoria University | |||
International career | |||
New Zealand | 3 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alan Herbert Preston (29 October 1932 – 2 September 2004) was a New Zealand football (soccer) player and cricketer who represented the New Zealand national football team[1] and played 38 first-class matches for Wellington and two for the North Island.[2]
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Football
Preston made his full All Whites debut in a 2–1 win over Australia on 14 August 1954 and played twice over the next two weeks against the same opposition, losing both 1–4.[3]
Cricket
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Batting style | Right-hand batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1955–1963 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 9 September 2009 |
A right hand batsman and right arm medium pace bowler, Preston played 38 matches for Wellington and two for a North Island XI against the South Island between 1955 and 1963. He averaged 24.54 runs in 69 innings, and had career best bowling figures of 3 for 32.[2]